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title: "Fathead Minnow"
description: "Pimephales promelas — Ryby. Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas), also known as fathead or tuffy, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/fathead-minnow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Fathead Minnow

> Pimephales promelas — Ryby. Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas), also known as fathead or tuffy, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.

- Scientific name: *Pimephales promelas*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki), `zoo` (Zoo i zwierzęta domowe)
- iNaturalist observations: 4738
- Wikidata: [Q2700010](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2700010)
- iNaturalist taxon: [109536](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/109536)

## Names

- en: Fathead Minnow
- de: Amerikanische Dickkopfelritze
- es: Carpita cabezona
- fr: Tête-de-boule
- nl: Amerikaanse dikkop-elrits

## Countries with the most observations

US (2364), CA (1690), NL (3)

## Summary

Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas), also known as fathead or tuffy, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.  The natural geographic range extends throughout much of North America, from central Canada south along the Rockies to Texas, and east to Virginia and the Northeastern United States.  This minnow has also been introduced to many other areas via bait bucket releases. Its golden, or xanthic, strain, known as the rosy-red minnow, is a very common feeder fish sold in the United States and Canada. This fish is also known for producing Schreckstoff…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathead_minnow

## Photo

![Fathead Minnow](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fathead-minnow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Spencer Quayle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/264541875

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/fathead-minnow?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).